Dracophyllum townsonii explained

Dracophyllum townsonii is a species of shrub or small tree endemic to the north of New Zealand's South Island. It was first described by Thomas Cheeseman in 1906 and gets the specific epithet townsonii after the chemist and plant collector William Townson. In the heath family Ericaceae, it inhabits mountain slopes and reaches a height of 3–6 m.[1] [2]

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  1. Web site: de Lange. Peter. Dracophyllum townsonii. live. 2021-08-07. New Zealand Plant Conservation Network. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20201025162958/https://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora/species/dracophyllum-townsonii/ . 2020-10-25 .
  2. Venter. Stephanus. March 2021. A taxonomic revision of the Australasian genera Dracophyllum and Richea (Richeeae: Styphelioideae: Ericaceae). Australian Systematic Botany. 34. 2. 65–68. 10.1071/SB19049_CO. 1030-1887.

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